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Free movement — just bring your passport or national ID card

Spanish citizens can enter Sweden with a valid passport or national ID card; no visa, ETIAS or EES registration applies.

Your circumstances

Passport:
🇪🇸 Spanish
Lives in:
Not specified (general rule)
Going to:
🇸🇪 Sweden
Purpose:
Holiday

EU / EEA / Swiss free movement

Spanish citizens can enter Sweden with a valid passport or national ID card; no visa, ETIAS or EES registration applies.

  • Carry a valid passport or national identity card.
  • EES and ETIAS do not apply to EU, EEA and Swiss citizens.
  • For stays longer than 3 months, register with the local authorities if required.

Official source: eur-lex.europa.eu · home-affairs.ec.europa.eu · travel-europe.europa.eu · Last checked 4 Oct 2026

Business, work or just passing through?

The rules above are for a holiday: tourism and visiting family and friends. Business visits, paid work and transit are covered separately below.

Business visits to Sweden

Not verified yet (not yet covered). We haven't verified the business rules for Spanish passport holders, and we don't publish rules we haven't checked against an official source. A rule that is awaiting verification or not yet covered is not a negative visa decision: it only means we haven't confirmed it on an official source yet. Until then, see migrationsverket.se.

Working in Sweden

Free movement

EU free movement: no work permit needed

As an EU citizen (or Swiss national under the EU–Switzerland agreement) you can generally work here without a work permit. Registration rules for longer stays still apply.

Source: Your Europe (European Union) – Work permits (europa.eu).

What the source says

"As an EU national you generally don't need a work permit to work anywhere in the EU ." … "Under the EU-Switzerland agreement on the free movement of persons, Swiss nationals are free to live and work in the EU." … "Although these countries are not members of the EU, their nationals can work in the EU on the same footing as EU nationals, since they belong to the European Economic Area." (https://employment-social-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies-and-activities/moving-working-europe/working-another-eu-country/non-eu-nationals_en)

Other work routes in Sweden (not needed if the right above applies to you)

These are the main routes and what they require. Whether you qualify depends on your circumstances; the official page decides.

Work permit for employees

For: People with a job offer from an employer in Sweden

  • Monthly salary of at least SEK 34,470 (90% of the median salary) and in line with collective agreements or common practice
  • Comprehensive health insurance (new rule from 1 June 2026)
Fees
SEK 2,200 (citizens of Japan pay no fee)
Length
Up to two years at a time (not longer than the employment contract); can be extended

Source: Swedish Migration Agency – Work permit for employees (migrationsverket.se).

What the source says

"To meet the salary requirement, you must have a monthly salary/wages of at least SEK 34,470 . This corresponds to 90 percent of the current median salary" … "Employees: SEK 2,200" … "Citizens of Japan do not pay an application fee." … "You can be granted a work permit for a maximum of two years, but not for longer than the term of your employment contract." … "The changes include a new salary requirement, a requirement for comprehensive health insurance"

EU Blue Card

For: Highly qualified employees

  • Salary of at least SEK 53,625 a month (since 15 July 2026)
Length
At least nine months and at most four years

Source: Swedish Migration Agency – EU Blue Card (migrationsverket.se).

What the source says

"Since 15 July 2026, the salary threshold is SEK 53,625 per month." … "valid for at least nine months and a maximum of four years."

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Overview: Swedish Migration Agency – Work. Requirements, fees and thresholds change; confirm on the official page before applying.

Transit through Sweden

Option 1
Visa-freeAirport transit (changing flights in Sweden)

Airside transit: no airport transit visa needed; leaving the transit area needs normal Schengen entry

Unless your nationality is on the EU common airport-transit-visa list or Sweden's national list (those passports have their own rule here), you don't need an airport transit visa to change planes in the international transit area of an airport in Sweden. If you have to pass through border control (e.g. to collect bags, change airport or terminal outside the transit area, or your onward flight is to another Schengen country), you are entering the Schengen area and the normal entry rules for your passport apply - see the holiday section.

Conditions

  • Stay in the airport's international transit area (do not pass border control).
  • Flights to or from another Schengen country count as entering the Schengen area: normal entry rules for your passport apply.
  • Hold the documents required for your final destination; your airline may check them.
Government fee
Fee not officially published
Processing
Not verified yet
Validity
Not verified yet
Max stay
Not verified yet
Steps, documents & where to apply

How to apply

Steps not verified yet — follow the official source below.

Documents checklist

Document list not verified yet — check the official source.

✓ Checked on the live official page

Official wording

“Visa Code (Reg. 810/2009) Art. 3: an airport transit visa is required for nationals on the common list (Annex IV; Handbook Annex 7A) and, where a member state has notified one, its national list (Handbook Annex 7B, 1 July 2026). Nationals not on these lists need no airport transit visa.”

Before you go to Sweden

Cash you can bring in and take out

Bringing cash in
Declare cash of EUR 10,000 or more (or equivalent) when arriving from outside the EU.
Taking cash out
Declare cash of EUR 10,000 or more (or equivalent) when leaving to a country outside the EU.

Official source: taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu · Last checked 4 Oct 2026 · Details

Common tourist traps

  1. Pickpockets after passports and cash

    How it works: Pickpockets target tourists in major cities.

    How to avoid it: Keep passports and cash secured.

Emergency numbers in Sweden

Paraphrased from official travel advice: gov.uk · FCDO page updated 11 Aug 2026 · Last checked 2 Nov 2026.